Zach Saffold, Sophmore, Offensive Lineman |
Thirteen FAMU student-athletes finished the spring semester with a perfect 4.0 grade-point-averages, and 134 FAMU student-athletes finished the semester with a 3.0 gpa or above.
“I salute these student-athletes for demonstrating that academics is the first order of business,” said FAMU Director of Athletics, John Eason, Ph.D. “We are a university first and an athletics department second and that order can never be forgotten.”
“I also salute their coaches and academic staff who assisted them in getting to this point,” Eason added.
The student-athletes that achieved the perfect semester are:
Alelee Figueroa (Track & Field), Renaldo Flowers (Football), Joshua Lowder (Track & Field), Sharon Kibiwott (Track & Field), Randall Leath (Men’s Basketball), Brett Maxwell( Baseball), Haleigh Porter ( Women’s Tennis), Mercy Rotich (Track & Field), Zach Saffold (Football), Illya Skoromnyy (Men’s Tennis), Bradley Weatherington ( Football), Raekwon Webb (Football) and Jared Weber (Baseball).